New Talent
Feature Film

Erik & Erika

Erik(a) Schinegger – the ski star who became a media sensation. Erika was hailed as a champion skier, until a sex test determined that she was a he – and Erik was rejected, accused of fraud. A story based on real life, a tale about nature, the taboo subjects of 1970s society, and the Austrian Ski Federation.

Data

aka: Erik & Erika
Category: New Talent, Feature Film
Financing: Majoritäre Koproduktion
Format: DCP/HDCAM SR, 110 Min
Release: 02.03.2018
Distribution: Constantin Film-Holding Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Admissions: 27.799
Funding Film Institute: 840.000 €
Share of Austrian production costs: 31 %
Share of total production costs: 25 %
Television investment: 715.000 €
Co-production: Zeitsprung Pictures (DE, 20%)
International funding: Filmfernsehfonds Bayern
Funding program: ÖFI
Film location: Carinthia, Vienna, Innsbruck
Shooting time: March - April 2017
Days of shooting: 28
Completion: Winter 2017/2018
Funding institutions Austria: Filminstitut, Filmfonds Wien, Filmstandort Austria, Land Kärnten, Carinthia Film Commission

Credits

Production: Lotus Filmrechte GmbH
Producer Austria: Tommy Pridnig, Peter Wirthensohn
Director: Reinhold Bilgeri
Script: Dirk Kämper
DOP: Carsten Thiele
Editor: Karin Hartusch
Sound engineer: Roman Schwartz
Sound design: Jochen Fenzl
Costume design: Brigitta Fink
Set design: Bertram Reiter
Music: Raimund Hepp
Cast: Markus Freistätter (Erik/a), Birgit Melcher (Mutter), Gerhard Liebmann (Vater), Anna Posch (Monika), Lili Epply (Christa), Philipp Doboczky (Paul), Marianne Sägebracht (Sigberta)
Production manager: Robert Opratko
Television investment: ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen), SWR